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Vol. 15, No. 3 •March 2015
This Month on Morning Conversation MARCH 3
SIU PRESIDENT RANDY DUNN.
MARCH 6
THADDEUS MASON POPE, SIU Law School guest, who is visiting as a part of the Ryan Bioethicist Program.
MARCH 18
WGSS CONFERENCE WSIU’s Jennifer Fuller talks with organizers of SIU’s Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies annual conference.
WSIU Radio Community Engagement Producer & Host: Kevin Boucher
MARCH 19
TUNE IN AT 7:45AM
SCIENCE CAFE
MARCH 20
COMMUNITY CINEMA featuring a discussion about the March 21 screening of Independent Lens film The Homestretch.
MARCH 30
SIU PRESIDENT RANDY DUNN.
TUESDAYS & OTHER WEEKDAYS, AS SCHEDULED
Host Jennifer Fuller Photo: Monica Tichenor
Questions or comments? CONTACT JENNIFER FULLER:
• jennifer.fuller@wsiu.org • (618) 453-6101 • To listen to past broadcasts: wsiu.org/programs/morning conversation
Tune in at 7:45am - 8:45am March 4 • Astronomy March]
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Cheryl Ernst of the Astronomical Association of Southern Illinois explains why March is a good time to look skyward and see the spring constellations. PLUS, using an ordinary pair of binoculars, you can see a comet this month. Listen for more information about the wonderful celestial sights to see this month.
Monday - Friday 5:30am, 6:30am, 7:30am, 8:30am
March 5 • Tips on Pruning Fruit Trees
WSIU ALMANac
March 9 • Prescribed Burns
WSIU Almanac is a new weekday feature that provides an overview of events, happenings, and history of the world around us. Each episode provides a little "slice of life" about the day. And to make sure we don't miss anything, we have a special e-mail set up that you can use to send information to us. It's short and simple: almanac@wsiu.org.
Nathan Johanning, Extension Educator, Local Food Systems and Small Farms, explains why now is the best time to prune your woody plants. Johanning shares how to get out and give your trees, shrubs and fruit trees a good haircut.
Nathan Johanning Photo: Kevin Boucher
Have you smelled smoke when out in the woods and fields recently? There’s a good chance that it’s a planned burn being conducted to kill off invasive species and to encourage the spread of beneficial Oak and Hickory trees. Now is the time when various agencies conduct prescribed burns, and Jesse Riechman, Prescribed Burn Coordinator with the Southeastern Illinois Prescribed Burn Association, clues us in on the “hows” and “whys” of intentional burnings.
March 17 • The Motivation of Art with Artist Betty Jesse
Betty Jesse is a talented artist in southern Illinois. She has been drawing since she was a child, and talks about her inspiration and the importance drawing holds in her life.
March 25 • Mysterious Radio Signals From Space
Betty Jesse Photo: Daily Republican
Special earth-based listening devices called radio telescopes catch very strong, mysterious radio signals from parts of our Universe that are literally billions of years away from us. What are they? Astronomer Bob Baer, Computer and Electronics Specialist with the SIU Department of Physics, discusses these strange, but sometimes meaningful radio transmissions.
• listen to past broadcasts: wsiu.org/programs/localalmanac
Engaging People And Issues Through Films & Discusison President of Teach My Kenyan Children. We also thank Diana Brawley Sussman with the Carbondale Public Library for all her support this season!
Photos: Monica Tichenor
At the January COMMUNITY CINEMA, featuring a screening of the Independent Lens film, A Path Appears, a large group of interested community members from all walks of life gathered at Carbondale Public Library. Investigating poverty and gender-based oppression, A Path Appears takes viewers on a journey across the country and around
the globe to drive home shocking stories of inequality and vulnerability.
WSIU thanks discussion leaders Catarina Alves, Adolescent Counselor with The Women’s Center; Susie Toliver, Crime Victim Advocate with the Carbondale Police Department; and Martha Cropper, CEO and
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Community Cinema is a national civic engagement initiative from the Independent Television Service and is funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. It is presented in communities across the country in partnership with local PBS stations and their partners.
Learn more at wsiu.org/community-cinema or communitycinema.org. You may also be interested in the project’s YouTube™ page at youtube.com/itvscommunitycinema, and the project’s social media pages online at facebook.com/community cinema and at Twitter @communitycinema.
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American Denial explores the power of unconscious biases and how ideals of liberty, equality, and justice still impact notions of race and class today.
The Homestretch follows three homeless teens as they fight to stay in school, graduate, and build a future.
SATURDAY MARCH 7 @ 1:30PM Carbondale Public Library 405 W. Main St.
SATURDAY MARCH 21 @ 11AM Carbondale Public Library 405 W. Main St.
NEW MUSIC SERIES ON WSIU RADIO! SUNDAYS 2-4AM,
10PM-11PM
If you meet James “Skyy Dobro” Walker or D’Arcy “Shuffle Shoes” Ballinger in person, don’t mention the Blues, unless you want to talk for awhile. The word alone spreads a grin across their faces and triggers an infectious energy that shoots from their eyes. They’ll speak of forgotten legends like J.B. Hutto and Sonny Boy Williamson, current “unknown” favorites like Kid Ramos and Too Slim and the Taildraggers, and regional standouts like “Mondo” Cortez’s
Chicago Blues Angels and the Kilborn Alley Blues Band.
FRIENDS OF THE BLUES presents classic artists you may already know, as well as new and emerging artists. “We are not going to be stuffy…what we try to do is get down to all listeners’ levels, from beginners to aficionados. We want to let them
know we truly love them and the music,” say the hosts who truly know the artists, the labels, the recordings, and the band members. They also do a good amount of traveling to live blues performances throughout the United States.
Packing in about 15 cuts per hour, Friends of the Blues allows the music to do the talking. The series is produced from the studios of WKCC, on the campus of Kankakee Community College in Kankakee Ill.
MARCH 23-27
2015 SPRING COMMUNITY
SUPPORT CELEBRATION Guest host Mark Stoffel, Digital Media Systems Specialist in the SIU College of Mass Communication & Media Arts, goes on the air for public radio at last year’s Spring Community Support Celebration. Photo: T.J. Price.
Keep WSIU strong – and help us grow! – by making a contribution during our SPRING COMMUNITY SUPPORT CELEBRATION, coming March 23-27. Make a donation online at wsiu.org/support or call 800-745-9748. THANK YOU!
WSIU and Cedarhurst Center for the Arts Present
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Math, M usic & M e!
8-9pm
SATURDAY, MARCH 28
With PBS KIDS Host
fridays
1-4pm
Cat Mr. Steve & Peg+
Cedarhurst center for the arts
Mt. Vernon, Illinois Take a glimpse into a world you can’t see on INVISIBILIA, NPR’s newest offering. The six-episode pilot series explores how people’s lives are shaped – and sometimes even controlled – by ideas and feelings that are powerful and rarely examined. Co-hosts Alix Spiegal (left) and Lulu Miller. Photo: John Poole NPR.
Co-hosted by Lulu Miller and Alix Spiegel, who helped create Radiolab and This American Life, Invisibilia interweaves narrative storytelling and new psychological and brain science in a way that ultimately makes you see your own life differently. Each episode is available as a podcast and online at npr. org/invisibilia and nprinvisibilia.tumblr.com. Keep informed on the series Facebook page at facebook.com/ nprinvisibilia and follow @NPRinvisibilia on Twitter at twitter.com/nprinvisibilia.
>>COMING IN MARCH<< MARCH 6, 8PM | How to Become Batman examines the surprising effect that our expectations can have on the people around us. You’ll hear how people’s expectations can influence how well a rat runs a maze. Plus, the story of a man who is blind and says expectations have helped him see.
MARCH 13, 8PM | In Entanglement, you’ll meet a woman with Mirror Touch Synesthesia who can physically feel what she sees others feeling. Discover the ways in which all of us are connected – more literally than you might realize. The hour will start with physics and end with a conversation with comedian Maria Bamford and her mother who discuss what it’s like to be entangled through impersonation.
Rain or ! Shine
You are invited to
THIS free FAMILY EVENT!
Families, friends, and children of all ages from near and far...get ready for Mr. Steve, the host of PBS KIDS! That’s right – Mr. Steve is coming to town to play his guitar, sing songs, and have all kinds of fun with us during Math, Music and Me!, a celebration of learning and discovery at Cedarhurst Center for the Arts in Mt. Vernon. This event will be held on Saturday, March 28 from 1-4pm, rain or shine. Music, Math, and Me! is free and open to the public. Families will be able to attend Mr. Steve’s performance and get autographed photos, color together on a giant mural, play math games, create art projects, and receive children’s books. PBS KIDS characters Peg+Cat and other familiar faces will join the celebration for pictures and good times. SIU and community volunteers will be available to assist families in enjoying the afternoon at this beautiful, one-of-a-kind natural location that features quality artwork and sculpture. No tickets or reservations required. For more information, please contact sara.blackstad@wsiu.org, outreach@wsiu.org, or call (618) 453-5595. You may also contact Cedarhurst at (618) 242-1236. Proudly Sponsored by:
SATURDAY 7PM & SUNDAY 6PM
Thank you Please join us in thanking the underwriters who recently began, renewed, or expanded their partnership to make public radio possible:
FEBRUARY 28 & MARCH 1 Music of Wales The national day of celebration in Wales is March 1, St. David’s Day. We’ll keep it Welsh this week as we join in the celebration.
Carbondale Main Street Carbondale
MARCH 7 & 8 New Releases
Carson Center
Tune in to hear some of the best of new and recent releases on this week’s program.
MARCH 14 & 15 St. Patrick’s Day Celebration
Everyone is Irish on St. Patrick’s Day! The music will move you to dance and sing, regardless of your roots.
MARCH 21 & 22 English Folk
Folk music from England, from the past half century or more, will be the subject of this week’s program.
MARCH 28 & 29 Old Favorites
Paducah
Heartland Regional Medical Center Marion
SIU School of Law Carbondale
Southern Illinois G.I. Specialists Carbondale
Wright Do-It Center Murphysboro
For this week’s selections, we ramble through the record and CD shelves to find those buried treasures that haven’t been heard on the program before.
UPDATE: Tiny Desk Concert Contest NPR MUSIC’S TINY DESK CONCERT CONTEST HAS A WINNER!
Thousands of musicians across the USA competed for a chance to perform at NPR Music’s Tiny Desk and at the Lagunitas “CouchTrippin’ to Austin” show.
NOW WE’RE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THE WINNER
Fantastic Negrito “Lost in a Crowd”
Keep an eye out for Fantastic Negrito’s Tiny Desk Concert, which we’ll post at npr.org/music the week of March 9.
For a complete list of WSIU sponsors and information about sponsoring WSIU’s programs and services, visit us online at wsiu.org or call (618) 453-4344. WSIU Public Radio Communications Building 1003 Mail Code 6602 Southern Illinois University 1100 Lincoln Drive Carbondale IL 62901 (618) 453-6101 wsiuradio@wsiu.org